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CLIFFORD V. SMOTI-ERS, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

AUTOMOBILE BED.

Application filed July 1'?,r 1923.

To all whom t may concern:

Fe it known that I, Cninronn V. SMOTH- Ens, citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of Denver and State o of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile Beds; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

rIhis invention relates to beds and has special reference to a type of foldable bed which may be built into the body of an automobile or attached thereto.

It is the object of this invention to produce a bed that can be readily attached to a runabout body and which needs only to be unfolded to form a comfortable bed.

I am aware that folding beds of this general type have been built and I do not claim to be the original inventor of this idea in its broadest aspect, but I have improved on the beds of this type by attaching thereto a spring which is formed in such a manner it will fold easily and when folded will pro- 30 vide a space for the bedding.

In order to better and more clearly describe my invention, I shall have reference to the accompanying drawing in which the same is shown in its preferred form and in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a portion of an automobile showing my improved bed attached thereto and folded vfor transportation.

F ig. 2 is a view similar to that of Fig. 1 and shows the bed unfolded and covered with a canvas.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the parts shown in Fig. 2, but with the canvas removed.

Fig. L is a section taken on line 4, Fig. 7, the' spring fabricy and the tension springs being omitted for the sake of clearness.

Fig. 5 is a section similar to that shown in Fig. ll, but shows the bed in 'folded position.

Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken on line 6 6, Fig. 4f.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the bed in eX- tended position.

Fig. 8 is a section taken along line 8 8, Fig. 7 and shows how the construction may Serial No. 652,023.

be strengthened by suitable braces whenever it is found desirable to do so; and

Fig. 9 is a section taken on line 9 9, Fig. 8 and shows how the brace member mayY be embedded in the wood. The same reference characters will be employed to designate the same parts throughout the several views.

Numeral 1 represents the automobile as a whole and 2 represents the bed which is attached thereto and which forms the subject matter of thek present invention.

The bed consists of two sections indicated.. respectively, as A and B. Section A. isY intended to be bolted into place on the rear of the automobile body, while section B is hinged to section A and can be moved into either one of the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Section A has a bottom 3, sides 4 and 5, and an end 6, and section B has a. bottom 7, sides 8 and 9 and an end 10. Sides e and 5 have their ends cut on an angle to the plane of the bottom 3, as indicated at 11. The sides 8 and 9 have their ends cut at such an angle to the bottom 7 that they will be parallel with the edges 1l when the bed is in extended position. The section marked B is wider than section A to the extent of the combined thickness of the sides 4 and 5 and therefore fits on the outside of section A. The two sections are hinged or pivot/ed at 12. The bottoms 3 and 7 lie in the same plane when the bed is extended, in the manner shown in Figs. 2, 4- and 8, and therefore it terminates a short distance from the ends of the sides 8 and 9 as the latter overlap the sides 4 and 5. It is now evident that sections A and B can be rotated about the pivot 12 into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 5 or into the position shown in Figs.'2, 4, 7 and 8. When the sections A and B are folded, the ends near the pivot will be open and I have therefore provided a door 13 which is hinged to the rear end of the bottoni 3 so as to permit it lto be moved upwardly7 into the position shown in Fig. 1 for the purpose of closing the end of the bed, or downwardly into the position shown in Fig. 4. In order to strengthen the hed, it may be reinforced as shown in Fig. 8 by means of steel bars 14 and 15` bar 15 being embedded as shown in Fig. 9.

The spring on which the mattress and bedding is to rest, consists of two U-shaped angle iron frames 16 and 17 which are connected by means ot links 18 which are piv oted at their center points 19 to the sides t and 5. The treme members 16 end 17 are supported near Itheir bases by means of links 20 whose lower ends are pivotally connected to brackets 21. Springs 22 connect the bases ot each treme member to the end pieces 6 and 10. [in ordinary spring; fabric 23 is secured to the 'frames 1G end 17 by Ineens of coil springs 24A. A brace rod 25 may be provided between the links 18 if desired, although this is not considered to be essentiel.

ln order to enable the bed to be covered by a, canvas, l provide two bows 26 and 27 which are each preferably formed Y.trom three parts. A bowed portion 28 end two straight sides 29 and 8O which are connected by Ineens which admits ot adjustment being` mede. The bows Q6 and 27 may be :Folded es shown in Figi. 5 or extended :is shown in Fig. 2 for the reception of :i canvas 31 which may be provided with a window 32.

TWhen the bed is folded into the position shown in Fig. 5, the spring frames 16 and 17 will assume substantially the position shown so es to provide space for the bed clothes. A door 33 at the end of section B permits the space between the spring .23 and the bottom 7 to be used for storage.

It is evident from the above description that 'l herve produced s folding bed that is well adapted to be secured. yto an automobile body or'built into the same and which is provided with a springconstructed und arranged that it will fold with the bed in such n manner that space will be provided or the bed clothes.

Having now described what I claim as new is:

1. ln a, rfolding bed adapted to be etmy invention,

tziched to en automobile body, it pair oiE bed sections erich havingtwo sides, one end and a bottom, one of said sections being wider than the other so that the outside of one of the sectionsiits between the sides ot' the other section, ineens comprising pivots Jfior connecting the sections together in such a manner that they may be folded, a bed spring secured to seid sections, said springcom prising two U-sheped frame members, links pivotelly connected to the ends of the trame members, said links being pivoted intermediate their ends to the sides of one of said sections, springs connecting the bases of erich frame to the end of a section and supporting' links pirotelly secured to the bottom of each section and to the trames for supporting the ends thereof.

2. ln a, folding` bed adapted to be at teched to an automobile body, a pair oi' bed sections each having two sides, one end und e. bottom, one of said sections being wider than the other so that the outside of one of the sections fits between the sid es o'f the other section, means comprising pivots for connecting the sections together in such a manner that they may be folded, e bed spring secured to seid sections, said spring comprising two U-sheped frame members, links pivotzilly connected to the ends of the treme members, seid links being pivoted intermediate their ends to the sides of one of said sections1 springs connecting the bases of erich frame to the end of a section and supporting links pivotally secured to the bottom of each section und to the 'frames for supporting` the ends thereof, and zi link fabric secured to the base portions of euch treme member by means ot tension springs.

n testimony whereof li affix my signature.

CLIFFORD V. SMOTHERS. 

